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At first glance, Digital Media Workshop may appear to be merely just another nondescript production company based in Long Island, New York. Founded by Mike Morrison, the company has actually been in operation since 1997, specializing in audio and video media productions such as music and video digital editing, recording, and mixing. Other services that the company provides include 3D design and…

This year's Game Developers Conference (GDC), held on March 25-29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, was a testament to the expo's continual success and growth from its humble origin—in 1988, Trinity author and Infocom alumni Brian Moriarty was among the attendees at the first GDC (originally called Computer Game Developers Conference), when it was held as an informal gathering in a living…

All too rarely do games tackle the serious questions about our own existence. Why do we exist? What purpose do we serve? While adventure games tend to attract a more niche and cerebral audience compared of games of other genres, it is still uncommon to find a game willing to explore these issues without reverting to the usual slapstick tropes which permeate previous works meant primarily to be…

This year, we were again present at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) that took place on June 7-9 in Los Angeles. As in previous years, the expo was held in the Los Angeles Convention Center. While the show floors were bright and impressive, with long lines waiting for hours just to try out the latest gaming consoles and high profile game demos, much of the real action took place in…

The classic period of film noir stretched from early 1940s to late 1950s. These films—usually psychological thrillers and crime dramas—generally involved conflicted antiheros (private eye being a common character type) and their struggles against an nihilistic world. In the 1970s, the genre moved into the neo-noir period, which often focused on identity crises and the ramifications of a…

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Only the first Alone in the Dark was based on the works of Lovecraft. Moving into the realm of…